WI-FI DEAUTHENTICATION ATTACK DETECTION AND PREVENTION

Systems and techniques are provided for wireless communications. For example, a network device can receive an unprotected management frame indicative of a disconnection of the network device. The unprotected management frame includes an address indicative of an identified wireless access point (AP) associated with the disconnection. The network device can determine a transmitter signature associated with the unprotected management frame. The network device can determine a difference between the transmitter signature and a corresponding transmitter signature associated with a protected data frame received from the identified wireless AP. The network device can further determine, based on the difference being greater than a threshold, the unprotected management frame is not transmitted by the identified wireless AP.